c. 1750
43.5 × 26 cm (17 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
The artist’s estate; Coypel family, by descent; Galerie de Bayser, Paris; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (inv. no. D-F-445), gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1999.21
Red chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
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18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on cream antique laid paper
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18th centuryFrench